Downtown Huntington Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. The original district encompassed 59 contributing buildings; the boundary increase added 53 more contributing buildings. It includes the central business district of Huntington and includes several of its municipal and governmental buildings. It contains the majority of the historic concentration of downtown commercial buildings. Located in the district are the separately listed Carnegie Public Library, Cabell County Courthouse, U.S. Post Office and Court House, and Campbell-Hicks House.[2][3]
Downtown Huntington Historic District | |
 Fourth Avenue in the Downtown Huntington Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by 3rd Ave., 10th St., 5th Ave., and 7th and 8th Sts.; also portions of 3rd Ave. to the alley between 6th and 7th Aves. and from 12th St. to 7th St., Huntington, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°26′2″N 82°24′33″W / 38.43389°N 82.40917°W |
| Area | 70 acres (28 ha) |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Late Victorian, Art Deco, Baroque |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000309, 07000240[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1986, expanded March 22, 2007 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. A boundary increase occurred in 2007.[1]
Notable buildings
edit- Anderson-Newcomb/Stone & Thomas Building (c. 1902)
- Davis Opera House (c. 1885)
- Central Huntington Garage/Hines Building (c. 1925)
- Frederick Building (1906)
- Gideon Building (c. 1915)
- Huntington Arcade (1925)
- Huntington City Hall (1915)
- Johnson Memorial Church (c.1886/1912/1935)
- Keith-Albee Theatre (1928)
- Love Hardware Building (c. 1884)
- Morrison Building (1919)
- Reuschleins Jewelry building (1923)
- The Wesvanawha Building (1929-originally Lewis Building)
- Trinity Episcopal Church (1882)
- West Virginia Building (c. 1924)
Churches
edit- Fifth Avenue Baptist Church (1916)
- First Presbyterian Church (1895)
- First United Methodist Church/First Methodist Episcopal Church (1913)
- Johnson Memorial Church (c.1886/1912/1935)
- Trinity Episcopal Church (1882)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cabell County Landmark Commission (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Huntington Downtown Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Michael Gioulis (October 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Downtown Huntington Historic District (Boundary increase and additional information)" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 23, 2011.